张伯香英美文学选读

张伯香英美文学选读篇一：张伯香—英美文学选读仿真试卷

第四部分：英美文学选读仿真考试题

一、仿真试卷 (1)

I. Multiple Choice (40 points, 1 for each)

Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter [A],

[B], [C] or [D] on the answer sheet.

1. Which of the following statements about the Elizabethan age is NOT true?

[A] It is the age of translation.

[B] It is the age of bourgeois revolution.

[C] It is the age of exploration.

[D] It is the age of the protestant reformation.

2. In lines ―With gold jewels cover every part, /And hide with ornaments their want of art,‖ Pope rejects ______.

[A] the ―Follow Nature‖ fallacy [B] artificiality

[C] aesthetic order [C] good taste

3. William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT ______.

[A] the using of everyday language spoken by the common people

[B] the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings

[C] the humble and rustic life as subject matter

[D] elegant wordings and inflated figures of speech

4. What as a cultural heritage exerted great influence over American moral values and American Romanticism as well?

[A] nationalism [B] rationalism

[C] individualism [D] Puritanism

5. The poem ―This is my letter to the World‖ expresses Emily Dickinson‘s strong feeling of her relationship with the outside world, that is,________.

[A] her indifference to the outside world

[B] her strong desire to escape from the world

[C] her anxiety about her communication with the outside world

[D] her eagerness to win favor from the readers

6. In The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus, the doctor sold his soul to the Devil for the right to use the Devil's power at will for _______.

[A] as long as he lived [B] twenty-four years

[C] two score and four years [D] the last quarter of his life span

7. Hamlet‘s melancholy derives from his ________.

[A] inability to avenge his father's death timely

[B] fear of being killed in the action of revenge

[C] fear of the consequences if he should fail in the revenge

[D] painful thoughts of being deserted and betrayed by his close relatives and friends

8. In the first book of Milton‘s Paradise Lost, the image of Satan is that of a(n) ______.

[A] proud and deceitful revolutionary

[B] evil and wretched demon

[C] defeated but not conquered hero

[D] somber and irreconcilable enemy

9. ―Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, / Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;/ Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile / The short and simple annals of the poor.‖

The above lines are probably taken from_________.

[A] Alexander Pope‘s Essay on Criticism

[B] Edmund Spenser‘s Faerie Queene

[C] John Donne‘s ―The Sun Rising‖

[D] Thomas Gray‘s ―Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard‖

10. As a literary figure, Sophia appears in Hey Fielding‘s _________.

[A] Tom Jones [B] Amelia

[C] Joseph Andrews[D] Jonathan Wild the Great

11. The unquenchable spirit of Robinson Crusoe struggling to maintain a substantial existence on a lonely island reflects ________.

[A] man‘s desire to return to nature

[B] the author‘s criticism of the colonization

[C] the ideal of the rising bourgeoisie

[D] the aristocrats‘ disillusionment of the harsh social reality

12. Here are four lines from a long poem: ―Others for language all their care express, /And value books, as women men, for dress.‖ The poem must be ________.

[A] Thomas Gray‘s ―Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard‖

[B] John Milton‘s Paradise Lost

[C] Alexander Pope‘s Essay on Criticism

[D] Shakespeare‘s Midsummer Night’s Dream

13. Gothic novels are mostly stories of ______, which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles.

[A] love and marriage [B] sea adventures

[C] mystery and horror [D] saints and martyrs

14. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a poem written in the form of _______.

[A] ballad [B] sonnet

[C] heroic couplet [D] Spenserian stanza

15. Which of the following words is not appropriate to describe Mrs. Bennet, a character in Pride and Prejudice.

[A] beautiful [B] intelligent

[C] snobbish [D] vulgar

16. ―You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better, for as .‖ What figure of speech is used in the underlined part?

[A] paradox [B] simile

[C] irony[D] antithesis

17. In Chapter III of Oliver Twist, Oliver is punished for that ―impious and profane offence of asking for more.‖ What did Oliver ask for more?

[A] More time to play. [B] More food to eat.

[C] More books to read. [D] More money to spend.

18. The title of Alfred Tennyson‘s poem ―Ulysses‖ reminds the reader of the following except _______.

[A] the Trojan War [B] Homer‘s Odyssey

[C] adventures over the sea[D] religious quest

19. In Hardy‘s Tess of D'urbervilles, the heroine's tragic ending is due to _______.

[A] her weak character [B] her ambition

[C] Angel Clare‘s selfishness [D] a hostile society

20. ―I will drink / life to the lees.‖ In the quoted line Ulysses is saying that he _____ till the end of his life.

[A] will keep traveling and exploring

[B] will go on drinking and being happy

[C] would like to toast to his glorious life

[D] would like to drink the cup of wine

21. In the statement ―— oh, God! would you like to live with your soul in the grave?‖ the term ―soul‖ apparently refers to ______.

[A] Heathcliff himself[B] Catherine

[C] one‘s spiritual life[D] one‘s ghost

22. A typical feature of the English ______ literature is that writers became social and moral critics, exposing all kinds of social evils.

[A] Renaissance [B] Romantic

[C] Victorian[D] Medieval

23. The statement ―A demanding mother turns away from her husband and gives all her affection to her sons‖ sums up the main plot of D. H. Lawrence‘s _________.

[A] Sons and Lovers [B] The rainbow

[C] Women in Love [D] Lady Chatterley’s Lover

24. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism?

[A] To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.

[B] To put the stress on traditional values.

[C] To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment.

[D] To advocate a conscious break with the past.

25. G. B. Shaw‘s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession is a grotesquely realistic exposure of the _____.

[A] slum landlordism

[B] political corruption in England

[C] economic oppression of women

[D] religious corruption in England

26. Eliot‘s The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock is presented as a(n) _______, suggesting an ironic contrast between a pretended ―love song‖ and a confession of his incapability of facing up to love and to life in a sterile upper-class world.

[A] interior monologue[B] authentic dialogue

[C] lyric song [D] religious confession

27. Among the great writers of the modern period, _______ might be the greatest in radical experimentation of technical innovations in novel writing.

[A] Joseph Coad[B] D. H. Lawrence

[C] E. M. Forster[D] James Joyce

28. With their joint efforts, W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and J. M. Synge started a(n)_______ dramatic revival in the early 20th century.

[A] English [B] Scottish

[C] Irish [D] Welsh

29. According to Nathaniel Hawthorne, romance should be _______.

[A] both imaginative and creative [B] full of adventures

[C] a true record of human life [D] a mixture of facts and fancy

30. Which of the following works expressed the desire for an escape from society and a return to

nature?

[A] Dreiser‘s Sister Carrie.

[B] James‘s The Portrait of a Lady.

[C] Fitzgerald‘s The Great Gatsby.

[D] Mark Twain‘s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn .

31. ―Then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.‖ In the quoted sentence, the author might imply that _____.

[A] nothing changes in the 5000 years of human history

[B] man‘s desire to conquer nature can only end in his own destruction

[C] nature is evil as it was 5000 years ago

[D] nature has the ultimate creative power

32. Transcendentalists recognized ____ as the ―highest power of the soul‖.

[A] intuition [B] logic

[C] imitation [D] rationality

33. ―This is my letter to the World‖ is a poem expressing Emily Dickinson's ____about her communication with the outside world.

[A] indifference [B] anger

[C] anxiety [D] sorrow

34. The statement that a boy‘s journey on the Mississippi River is one to freedom and moral growth may well sum up the major theme of _______.

[A] Stowe‘s Uncle Tom’s Cabin

[B] James‘s The Portrait of A Lady

[C] Dreiser‘s Sister Carrie

[D] Mark Twain‘s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

35. In fiction writing, Hey James‘s primary concern is to present the _____.

[A] inner life of human beings

[B] American Civil War and its effects

[C] life on the Mississippi River

[D] Calvinistic view of original sin

36. The white whale, Moby Dick, represents only evil for the character Ahab. What does it symbolize for Herman Melville?

[A] a mystery [B] a divine punishment

[C] a hideous force [D] nature

37. In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne does not intend to tell a love story nor a story of sin, but focuses his attention on the moral, emotional and psychological effects of _______on the people in general and those characters in particular.

[A] sin [B] adultery

[C] Puritanism [D] fate

38. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan describes the Vanity Fair in a ______ tone.

[A] delightful [B] solemn

[C] sentimental[D] satirical

39. Francis Bacon says: ―If a man‘s wit be wandering, let him study the _____; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.

[A] mathematics[B] philosophy

[C] poetry [D] logic

40. In the ―Custom-House‖ as an introductory note to The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne demonstrates

fully his artistic pursuit and his theory about ________.

[A] novel [B] history

[C] symbolism [D] romance

II. Reading Comprehension (16 points, 4 for each)

Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.

41.“A poet could not but be gay,

In such a jocund company;

I gazed-- and gaze

d--but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought.‖

Questions:

A. Identify the poem and the poet.

B. What does the word ―jocund‖ mean?

C. What idea does the last line in the quotation express?

42. ―What kind of living will it be when you —oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?‖ (Chapter XV, Wuthering Heights)

Questions:

A. What does ―soul‖ refer to?

B. The dash after the word ―you‖ stands for something omitted. What does it stand?

C. What kind of life Heathcliff would live, according to your understanding, when his ―soul‖ is in the grave?

43. ―We passed the School, where Children strove

At Recess— in the Ring—

We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain—

We passed the Setting Sun—‖

Questions:

A. Identify the poem and the poet.

B. What do ―the School,‖ ―the Fields‖ and ―the Setting Sun‖ stand for?

C. What idea does the quoted passage express?

44. ― For I have had too much

Of apple-picking: I am overtired

Of the great harvest I myself desired.‖

Questions:

A. Identify the poem and the poet.

B. Who is the speaker?

C. What idea do the quoted lines express?

III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)

Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.

45. As a rule, an allegory is a story in verse or prose with a double meaning: a surface meaning, and an implied meaning. List two works as examples of allegory. What is the implied meaning of an allegory usually concerned with?

46. In Hamlet‘s soliloquy, when he says, ―To sleep, perchance to dream: —ay, there‘s the rub.‖

张伯香英美文学选读篇二：death be not proud英美文学选读张伯香

Death be not proud

by John Donne

Death be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so,

For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow,Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me；From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,

Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow,And soonest our best men with thee do go,

Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.

Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,

And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,And poppy, or charms can make us sleep as well,And better than thy stroak； why swell'st thou then？One short sleep past, we wake eternally,

And death shall be no more； Death, thou shalt die.

死神，你莫骄傲

死神，你莫骄傲，尽管有人说你

如何强大，如何可怕，你并不是这样；你以为你把谁谁谁打倒了，其实，

可怜的死神，他们没死；你现在也还杀不死我。休息、睡眠，这些不过是你的写照，

既能给人享受，那你本人提供的一定更多；我们最美好的人随你去得越早，

越能早日获得身体的休息，灵魂的解脱。你是命运、机会、君主、亡命徒的奴隶，你和毒药、战争、疾病同住在一起，罂粟和咒符和你的打击相比，同样，

甚至更能催我入睡；那你何必趾高气扬呢？睡了一小觉之后，我们便永远觉醒了，再也不会有死亡，你死神也将死去。

张伯香英美文学选读篇三：《英美文学选读》课程概述

课程概述

课程性质和学习目的

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设置本课程旨在使英语自学者对英美两国文学形成与发展的全貌有一个大概的了解；理解作品的内容，由于本课程以作家作品为重点，努力提高语言水平，增强对英美文学原著的理解， 课程内容

本课程由英国文学和美国文学两个部分组成。主要内容包括英美文学发展史、语言、文化发展的角度，主要作家的文学生涯、创作思想、 考核目标及考核要求

本课程的考试要求为全日制普通高等学校英语语言文学专业《英美文学选读》

除绪论部分外，“应用”的内容，即能用有关知识和理论来分析解决英美文学中的相关问题，并指导作品的阅读。 必读书和参考书 必读书：

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